As of today (2025-04-03), Dollar General's current share price is $90.20. Dollar General's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $8.34. Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 10.82.
The historical rank and industry rank for Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
DG'
s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.19 Med: 33.39 Max: 46.29
Current: 10.82
During the past years, Dollar General's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 46.29. The lowest was 8.19. And the median was 33.39.
DG's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked better than 79.29% of 169
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 20.22
vs DG: 10.82
E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.
Dollar General's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.870. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $8.34 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.
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Dollar General Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio
For the Discount Stores subindustry, Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.
For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.
The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.
Dollar General's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Dollar General's E10 for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:
For example, Dollar General's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:
Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.
Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.
Dollar General (NYSE:DG) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation
Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.
If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.
Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.
Be Aware
Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.
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With more than 20,000 locations, Dollar General's banner is nearly ubiquitous across the rural United States. Dollar General serves as a convenient shopping destination for fill-in store trips, with its value proposition most relevant to consumers in small communities with a dearth of shopping options. The retailer operates a frugal store of about 7,500 square feet and primarily offers an assortment of branded and private-label consumable items (80% of net sales) such as paper and cleaning products, packaged and perishable food, and health and beauty items at low prices. Dollar General also offers a limited assortment of seasonal merchandise, home products, and apparel. The firm sells most items at a price point of $10 or less.
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